Rylstone, Taylors Bridge, D7672 'Rylstone Cowboy' October 27th 1990 Photo: Mike Taylor.

What a fantastic period piece this is, taken by friend Mike Taylor 35 years ago.

D7672 (25322) 'Tamworth Castle' departs Rylstone Quarry with the tour train and a pair of Railfreight 31's were attached to T&T over the Grassington Branch.

* See also: www.flickr.com/photos/45021513@N08/53290926237/in/photoli...

 

* Uploaded with permission from Mike who did not want to upload to his own Flickr site.

Mamiya 645 Ilford XP1.

Tour details from Six Bells:

47826 Swindon - Wootton Basset Jn - Chipenham - Thingley Jct - Bathampton Jn - Bath - Bristol Temple Meads

47826 Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jct - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Kingswinford Jn - Wednesbury - Pleck Jn - Walsall - Ryecroft Jn - Hednesford - Rugeley - Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Macclesfield - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport

25322 Stockport - Heaton Norris Jct - Denton Jct - Guide Bridge - Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Whitehall Jn - Shipley - Skipton (avoiding line)

31294 + 31327 Skipton (avoiding line) - Rylstone

25322 Rylstone - Skipton 25322 Skipton - Hellifield - Settle Jn - Carnforth - Hest Bank - Morecambe.

47478 Morecambe - Heysham 25322 Heysham - Morecambe

47478 Morecambe - Morecambe South Jn - Lancaster - Preston.

47840 Preston - (via WCML) - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester

47840 Gloucester - Gloucester Yard Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads

47840 Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Swindon

Done